The Cactus Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 6,362 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,362 Feet (1,939 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 38.48333, -113.28333
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Cactus Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cactus Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: Newhouse
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Tintic Pb Co. 60%, Cobre 40%
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: Normal Fault 2 Miles West Of Mine (N-S) Hidden By Qal
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Limonitic, Breccia, Contact Meta
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Location): SE NN OF SE SEC. 03
Comment (Workings): SHAFTS, RAISES, WINZES, DRIFTS, AND CROSSCUTS
Comment (Geology): PIPELIKE BODIES OF BRECCIA, ANGULAR FRAG CONSISTING OF SULFIDE MATRIX. OLIGO GRANODIORITE, PINK-LAV GY, MED GR, PHENO, PERTHITE, ANDESINE, QTZ, HORN, BLOT.
References
Reference (Deposit): 1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S. USGS PP #111
Reference (Deposit): 1979 GEOMAP MORRIS, H.T, FRISCO QUAD
Reference (Production): EVERTS, M.L., 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT. GEOL.AND MIN. SUR.
Reference (Deposit): EAST, E.H., 1956, GEOLOGY OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MTNS, WESTERN UTAH: UNIV. OF WASH. M.S. THESIS
Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE FRISCO QUAD, 1979. USGS
Reference (Deposit): STRINGHAM, B, 1963, HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE FRISCO QUAD: UGMS SS #26
Reference (Deposit): EVERT, M.L., 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT. GEOL. AND MIN. SUR.
Reference (Deposit): 1913 RECON BUTLER, B.S. USGS PP #80
Reference (Deposit): 1914 COMPILE BUTLER, B.S. ECONOMIC G. V. 9, #5
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